Talk:22 Short Films About Springfield

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One of my personal favorite episodes. Does any one know if the deleted segments will be available on DVD? 68.161.10.226 23:48, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

Finding all 22 films
I believe the bee's flight between Lisa getting gum in her hair and the scene with Burns/Smithers could count as one of the 22.

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Successful good article nomination
I am glad to report that this article nomination for good article status has been promoted. This is how the article, as of October 21, 2007, compares against the six good article criteria:


 * 1. Well written?: Well written, in clear, understandable language.
 * 2. Factually accurate?: Cited to (13) WP:RS references, in the proper formatting.
 * 3. Broad in coverage?: Covers Plot, Production, Cultural references, Reception, Legacy very well. If I were you, going forward towards a WP:PR or WP:FAC, I would find some sources to add a couple sentences to expand the Legacy and Reception sections, and maybe see if any secondary sources comment on the cultural references made in the episode, i.e. books on The Simpsons and philosophy.
 * 4. Neutral point of view?: Neutral language, no problems here.
 * 5. Article stability? Some minor anon edits recently, but the more regular users seem to have standardized the citations and other areas. Not a big deal, just keep an eye on this.
 * 6. Images?: (3) fair use images, each with a good fair use rationale. The average on WP:FA articles on The Simpsons is about (2.5) fair use images, so this is just about right.

If you feel that this review is in error, feel free to take it to Good article reassessment. Thank you to all of the editors who worked hard to bring it to this status, and congratulations. — Curt Wilhelm VonSavage 16:08, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Overall this is a nice read. Just a side note and a disclosure, I the GA nominator  and I happen to both be working on articles on The Simpsons at the moment.  Though after reviewing this article I can say Gran2 does good work, I have not had enough encounters or experiences yet at all with this user to form a personal opinion or have this impede my judgement, and that is why I chose to review this article, and not another nom by  with whom I have been working more closely.  Cheers, and great job!  Curt Wilhelm VonSavage 16:08, 25 October 2007 (UTC).
 * Thankyou, and a fine review. If your interested, a full list of my GA (and one FA) episode pages, can be found on my userpage. Gran2 16:13, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
 * I know, I just took a look, wow. Very ambitious.  Curt Wilhelm VonSavage 16:18, 25 October 2007 (UTC).

GA Sweeps (Pass)
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Hanging statement

 * "The episode is Bill Oakley's personal favorite episode, but it is hated by two prominent figures within the running of the show.[3] "

The reference is to an off-line book. And the article never resolves the mystery. There are two prominent figures out there who hate this episode! Who are they? Why do they hate it? Are they important enough for their opinions to matter? This should be modified to be more clear what exactly is going on with this hate, and why readers should care about it... SnowFire (talk) 18:40, 7 January 2018 (UTC)

Half of a steamed ham
That is hilarious. Thank you to whoever did that. DatGuyonYouTube (talk) 20:35, 20 February 2018 (UTC)

List of "films"
Isn't this basically original research? I don't have a copy at hand, but I don't think the companion guidebook ever listed the segments this way. Some of these scenes are being arbitrarily split to reach the number 22. Plus, further down in the article, we are told that the writers never intended the episode to have exactly 22 "films". Zagal e jo^^^ 23:29, 2 September 2018 (UTC)